Killer for Hire
Broadcast: July 11, 1952
Starring:
Betty Lou Gerson,
Stacy Harris,
Carleton Young,
Tony Barrett,
William Woodson,
Jim Backus,
Larry Keating,
Jerry Devine,
Frederick Steiner,
Equitable Life Assurance Society,
Tony Hughes,
Jerry D. Lewis
Added: Jun 10 2022
The subject of today's FBI file... Bank Robbery!
We often hear crime referred to as 'big business', but this is not an accurate comparison. To a certain extent, the underworld has adopted some methods of large businesses, it can cause huge amounts of capital, requires keen management and planning, demands efficiency of its employees in carrying out its orders. But here the similarity ends. Whereas businessmen can survey and graph their future prospects with some degree of accuracy, criminals cannot. For the simple reason that slip-ups, disloyalty of their underlings, unanticipated moves on the part of law enforcement officials, all these are unpredictable hazards. The underworld can never close its books, knowing for sure that all the figures are in.
Today's file from your FBI, shows how a well-planned crime can go wrong, even years after its apparently successful completion.